November 05, 2010 Military Aviation News

Brazil near selection of fighter jets

11/05/2010

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that one of his priorities in the coming weeks will be to decide on a multibillion-dollar fighter jet tender with his successor, Dilma Rousseff.

Lockheed reassures India over F-16 fighter

11/05/2010

Lockheed Martin said it improved its version of the F16IN Super Viper on offer to India under the country's largest ever combat aircraft tender.

General visits Maine's 101st Air Refueling Wing

11/05/2010

The U.S. Air Force is giving assurances that a program that provides aerial refueling of military aircraft going to and from Europe and the Middle East won't be dismantled altogether -- but it will be scaled back, Sen. Susan Collins said Thursday.

Sukhoi training jet crashes during test flight

11/05/2010

A Su-27UB fighter jet has crashed in Russia’s Far East while it was being tested after having just been repaired. Both pilots ejected in time and were not harmed in the incident.

Upgraded Boeing F-15Cs Arrive at US Air Force’s Kadena Air Base

11/05/2010

Boeing and U.S. Air Force officials at Kadena Air Base celebrated the arrival of four F-15Cs upgraded with the APG-63(V)3 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar on Oct. 21. The newly arrived F-15Cs will join the APG-63(V)1 and (V)2 aircraft already in the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons to provide unmatched combat power for the defense of Japan. The upgrades were installed and tested at Langley Air Force Base, Va.

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